Mara Triangle
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Recovering lioness is taken back by her pride
Posted: October 1, 2008, 7:26 pm by Naitoi
I have just come back from patrol and wanted to tell you all that I saw the recovering lioness near to where she was yesterday.
It is early days but she seems to be moving around well, and I was also pleased to see that she is now back among the pride. All 24 of them were around on the edge of the thickets.
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Dupoto Bird List, Donations Now Welcome, & Win! LOTS of Stuff
Posted: October 1, 2008, 2:59 pm by William
DUPOTO FOREST
There's quite a lot of news from Dupoto Forest which will soon follow, but for now take a look at the Bird List by Kamande over on the Dupoto Page. This is the first bird list and there is already a longer, second list which I'll put up once it makes it way to me.
DONATIONS NOW WELCOME
The keen eyed among you will notice that there is now a donation widget on this and other pages on the website. It's a simple chip-in widget that securely accepts one-off donations through paypal, which will go entirely to the Mara Conservancy.
WIN SO MUCH STUFF IT'S UNTRUE
Fancy owning 3 limited edition prints by Jonathan Scott? Or an autographed set of 3 Big Cat Diary Books? Or in fact, any of the following which will be auctioned on 3rd October at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden Fundraiser?
- Autographed print of international award winning photograph by Angela Scott
- Set of six, signed limited edition bird prints by Peter Blackwell
- Four Guilded antique wildlife coins
- Two nights at Hemingway's Resort and two round trip tickets to the coast
- Framed, autographed, limited edition print by Nickki Theunis
- 2 Nights at Gamewatcher's Camp
- 2 Nights Turtle Bay
- 2 Nights Island Camp
- 2 Nights Karen Blixen Coffee Garden
- 1 Night Giraffe Manor
- 1 Night Ngong House
- Voucher for Serena Hotel
- + many more prizes
If you're in Nairobi you need to get yourself to the event of the year:
Where: Karen Blixen Coffee Gardens, Nairobi
When: Friday 3rd October
Tickets: 6,000 Kes - 10,000 for a pairGet in touch now for your invitation and do not hesitate to use the 'Share Article' or 'Email Article' links below to spread the word among all those who you think will enjoy the event. Karibuni!
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My Big Cat Diary
Posted: October 1, 2008, 11:19 am by Naitoi
I spent all of yesterday afternoon and some of the early evening looking out for the sick lioness. She woke up after the vet's visit and moved just a small way to another thicket and then slept for the rest of the day. The rain then came and she continued to sleep. I am going shortly to check on her again.
The young lioness is from the Salt Lick pride of lions, around 22 individuals. Yesterday in the morning we saw 14 of the pride, very close to the lioness with the snare.
You can see the pride looking back to where the young lioness was.
They left her alone because she was not able to walk so well, and then they went up into the nearby thickets.
The pride leave for the croton bushes.
Yesterday evening I also saw a female cheetah near Nyumba Nane, it looked like she had given birth recently to some cubs as her nipples were swollen and red.
The Mother Cheetah.
She was very cautious when she moved about, and very scared even when she saw some jackals. She was hunting for Thomson Gazelle but I do not know if she was successful as it was getting dark and I had to head back to Iseyia. I'm sure one day we will see her cubs soon.
Then this morning I saw the mother cheetah with the two cubs hunting a Thomson Gazelle.
The cubs now are very big and almost full grow, around twelve months. They are all looking very strong and healthy. The mother was hunting but when she saw some hyaenas she froze where she was. I'm sure though she will make a kill soon.
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Fish cakes
Alas a fish cake.
Yet more fish cakes
Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.
The end of the fish cakes
